Du vin à passer au micro ondes pour en changer le goût. Un test de principe pour développer les nanos technologies.
Des nano-capsules de parfums sont libérées selon le temps et la durée de la "cuisson"
microwavable nano wine by next nature
Recently, Swedish fashion chain H&M admitted to using computer-generated models to showcase a range of collections on its website. The virtual models look completely human, but if you look closely, they all have the same body shape and pose. The real model’s head has been superimposed on the body and the skin tone has been digitally altered to match her complexion.
Swedish website Aftonbladet first noticed the uncanny similarities of the models. Hacan Andersson, a spokesman from H&M, confirmed this by saying:
“It’s not a real body, it is completely virtual and made by the computer. We take pictures of the clothes on a doll that stands in the shop, and then create the human apperance with a program on a computer.”
This method has created some controversy among netizens who have criticized H&M for creating a false reality for its customers and creating an unrealistic body image for women to live up to.
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Andersson argued that the choice was made because it simplified the process of the photoshoot and also that customers can focus on the clothes rather than the models. He explained, “The result is strange to look at, but the message is clear: buy our clothes, not our models.”
This article originally published at PSFK here.
Tous les horoscopes sont ils les même prédications répétées perpétuellement? Un peu. Voici une année d’horoscope de Yahoo synthétisée en un table.
Voici aussi l’horoscope moyen, applicable à tous les signes :
Un long article (en anglais) démontrant que la bêtise humaine est animale. Ou plutôt les risques économiques. Prenez des singes, donnez leur la valeur de l’argent puis vendez leur des fruits… avec des risques sur les résultats de la vente…
What Monkeys Can Teach You About Money
August 25, 2011 – 12:00 AMThis is a special sneak peek at the September-October issue of mental_floss magazine. Click here to get a risk-free issue!
by Allen St. John
How a Yale research team made history by teaching capuchins to spend money … and discovered that they’re just as smart—and stupid—as your financial advisor.
It’s a little bigger than a quarter and about twice as thick, but because it’s made of aluminum, it weighs roughly the same. It’s flat and smooth, except for what seem to be a few tiny bite marks around the perimeter. To you, it might look like a washer without a hole. To Felix, an alpha male capuchin monkey, and his friends at Yale University, it’s money.
“When one of the monkeys grabs a token, he’s going to hold onto it as though he really values it,” explains Laurie Santos, a psychology professor at Yale. “And the other monkeys might try to take it away from him. Just like they would with a piece of food. Just as you might want to do when you see a person flaunting cash.”
During the past seven years, Santos and Yale economist Keith Chen have conducted a series of cutting-edge experiments in which Felix and seven other monkeys trade these discs for food much like we toss a $20 bill to a cashier at Taco Bell. And in doing so, these monkeys became the first nonhumans to use, well, money.
Une bannière pub radio (!) lisible uniquement sur Commodore 64 (!!!)
à geek, geek et demi
